LAMI-29 Response Historic AI-assessed

Implement system for directors to monitor children's social services duty team data

Recommendation

Directors of social services must devise and implement a system which provides them with the following information about the work of the duty teams for which they are responsible: • number of children referred to the teams; • number of those children who have been assessed as requiring a service; • number of those children who have been provided with the service that they require; • number of children referred who have identified needs which have yet to be met.

Published Evidence Summary
The following publicly available evidence relates to this recommendation:
No specific published evidence has been identified detailing the implementation of a system for directors of social services to track duty team information as recommended. The general search results on GOV.UK for 'directors social services' do not provide specific policy or system documentation related to this recommendation.
How was this assessed?
Assessed by gemini-2.5-flash on 19 Mar 2026
Checked data held on this site (government responses, progress updates, independent evidence)
External sources searched: www.gov.uk, www.legislation.gov.uk, hansard.parliament.uk
This recommendation requires implementation across many organisations. The assessment reflects central policy response, not adoption in individual organisations.
Jurisdiction
UK-wide
Response
Historic

No government response recorded.

Source
Report Laming Inquiry — Final Report 28 Jan 2003
Recommendation age 23.2 yrs
Last formal update No formal updates